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W.W. Grainger, Inc.

GWW Industrials Industrial Distribution

W.W. Grainger, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $17.9 billion, up 4.51% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 10.3%, EPS grew 20.3%, free cash flow grew 61.7% and total debt rose 2.77%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for twenty-five consecutive years, revenue growth for ten.

1,330.70 0.47 −0.04%
Market cap
$62.7B
P/E
33.9×
Fwd P/E
28.6×
Dividend yield
0.71%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
11.75
Beneish M
−2.51
Dividend safety
96/100
Overview Business Profile Financial Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios Filings 10-Q 10-K

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 26.00
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — 2 — — 1 1 3 — — — — —
Insider Ownership 6.44%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 62,700.00
Revenue 18,845.00
Net Income 1,981.00
Free Cash Flow 1,539.00
Net Debt 1,819.00
Current Ratio 2.81 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.53
P/E ratio 33.89
Fwd P/E 28.60
P/S ratio 3.33
P/B ratio 13.92 (above 6: high)
Past 5Y EPS Growth 22.52% (at or above 15%: strong)
This Y EPS Growth 17.87% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth 9.87%
Next Y revenue growth 9.56%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 12.36%

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years
EV/Sales is 3.4×, against a ten-year median of 2.0×; over the ten years it ranged from 1.1× in 2017 to 3.6× in 2026.
P/E against its own 10 years 96.90%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 97.57%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 94.80%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 97.64%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 96.42%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.24
Annual Dividend Rate 9.50
Annual Dividend Yield 0.71%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 9.66
2.26
2.49
2.49
2025 8.83
2.05
2.26
2.26
2.26
2024 8.01
1.86
2.05
2.05
2.05
2023 7.30
1.72
1.86
1.86
1.86
2022 6.78
1.62
1.72
1.72
1.72
2021 6.39
1.53
1.62
1.62
1.62
2020 5.94
1.44
1.44
1.53
1.53
2019 5.68
1.36
1.44
1.44
1.44
2018 5.36
1.28
1.36
1.36
1.36
2017 5.06
1.22
1.28
1.28
1.28
2016 4.83
1.17
1.22
1.22
1.22
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 660 1,036 585 589
Receivables 2,192 2,232 2,329 2,825
Inventory 2,266 2,306 2,394 2,371
Other — — — —
5,274 5,737 5,484 5,998
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 954 952 963 1,280
ST’ Debt 34 499 126 2
Other — — — —
1,831 2,305 1,940 2,138

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 6.05% 8.75% 5.62%
Cash Flow 6.88% 12.40% 14.77%
Earnings 8.29% 19.67% 3.31%
Book Value 5.82% 14.62% 14.83%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 4,742 5,021 — — —
’25 4,306 4,554 4,657 4,425 17,942
’24 4,235 4,312 4,388 4,233 17,168
’23 4,091 4,182 4,208 3,997 16,478
’22 3,647 3,837 3,942 3,802 15,228
’21 3,084 3,207 3,372 3,359 13,022
’20 3,001 2,837 3,018 2,941 11,797
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 739 444 — — —
’25 646 377 597 395 2,015
’24 661 411 611 428 2,111
’23 454 450 523 604 2,031
’22 343 250 380 360 1,333
’21 294 269 161 213 937
’20 244 232 311 336 1,123
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 569 333 — — —
’25 521 206 339 298 1,364
’24 543 335 524 171 1,573
’23 358 355 407 487 1,607
’22 286 146 340 333 1,105
’21 236 197 111 167 711
’20 194 202 261 289 946
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 11.65 12.01 — — —
’25 9.86 9.97 6.12 9.44 35.40
’24 9.62 9.51 9.87 9.71 38.71
’23 9.61 9.28 9.43 7.89 36.23
’22 7.07 7.19 8.27 7.54 30.06
’21 4.48 4.27 5.65 5.44 19.84
’20 3.19 2.10 4.41 3.12 12.82
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.9
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 176.85 155.00 223.25 255.09 200.61 356.23 440.48 534.01 800.97 893.99

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 240.74 262.71 372.06 340.57 427.90 527.06 612.06 841.00 1,227.66 1,139.15
People
People Employees 25,600 25,700 24,600 25,300 23,100 24,200 26,000 26,000 26,000 25,000
Revenue/emp, $m 0.40 0.41 0.46 0.45 0.51 0.54 0.59 0.63 0.66 0.72
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 10,137 10,425 11,221 11,486 11,797 13,022 15,228 16,478 17,168 17,942
Gross margin, % 40.59 39.31 38.75 38.28 35.92 36.25 38.41 39.42 39.36 39.06
EBT 1,019 936 1,081 1,209 947 1,485 2,146 2,500 2,584 2,430
EBT margin, % 10.05 8.98 9.63 10.53 8.03 11.40 14.09 15.17 15.05 13.54
Net income 633 623 823 895 755 1,114 1,613 1,903 1,989 1,808
Depreciation 249 264 257 229 369 187 205 214 237 254
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 167.83 180.68 200.02 209.98 220.50 250.91 299.17 330.22 351.08 374.57
Earnings 9.94 10.07 13.82 15.39 12.88 19.94 30.22 36.39 38.84 35.47
Cash flow 16.95 18.32 18.84 19.05 20.99 18.05 26.19 40.70 43.17 42.07
Capex (3.79) (2.03) (4.26) (3.73) (3.31) (4.35) (4.48) (8.50) (11.00) (13.59)
Free cash flow 13.16 16.29 14.58 15.32 17.68 13.70 21.71 32.20 32.17 28.48
Book value 31.55 31.68 37.31 37.66 39.12 41.62 53.73 68.96 75.73 86.45
Shares, m 60 58 56 55 54 52 51 50 49 48
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 23.68 23.38 20.42 22.05 31.70 25.95 18.40 22.35 27.15 28.46
P/S 1.40 1.30 1.41 1.61 1.85 2.07 1.86 2.46 3.00 2.69
P/B 7.43 7.44 7.57 8.99 10.44 12.45 10.35 11.79 13.92 11.67
EV/Sales 1.55 1.49 1.56 1.77 2.01 2.23 1.99 2.56 3.10 2.80
EV/FCF 19.81 16.55 21.36 24.24 25.01 40.91 27.41 26.27 33.87 36.83
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 1,024 1,057 1,057 1,042 1,123 937 1,333 2,031 2,111 2,015
Capex (229) (117) (239) (204) (177) (226) (228) (424) (538) (651)
Free cash flow 795 940 818 838 946 711 1,105 1,607 1,573 1,364
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 1,391 1,699 2,056 1,877 2,478 2,483 2,967 3,443 3,432 3,544
Total debt 1,861 2,287 2,171 2,160 2,397 2,428 2,319 2,300 2,778 2,488
Net debt 1,587 1,960 1,633 1,800 1,812 2,187 1,994 1,640 1,742 1,903
Shareholders’ equity 1,906 1,828 2,093 2,060 2,093 2,160 2,735 3,441 3,703 4,141
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 10.41 10.19 13.39 14.30 11.30 16.19 21.82 23.25 22.49 19.18
ROIC 19.92 17.08 19.42 20.43 16.31 22.24 29.27 31.55 30.27 25.80
ROE 28.23 31.39 39.89 40.89 33.47 49.05 63.21 59.23 53.44 43.50
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

W.W. Grainger, Inc. vs peers in Industrial Distribution (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
GWW W.W. Grainger, Inc. $62.7B 33.9× 28.6× +10.25% (above 0%: growing) +20.32% (above 0%: growing) +61.65% (above 0%: growing) 39.51% 16.07%
FAST Fastenal Company $57.8B 41.1× 37.8× +15.47% (above 0%: growing) +20.72% (above 0%: growing) +5.27% (above 0%: growing) 44.85% 21.55% Compare
FERG Ferguson plc $44.3B 52.7× 21.2× +4.64% (above 0%: growing) +7.04% (above 0%: growing) −143.52% (below 0%: shrinking) 30.99% 10.20% Compare
WCC WESCO International, Inc. $16.9B 23.5× 22.4× +12.98% (above 0%: growing) +10.44% (above 0%: growing) −70.35% (below 0%: shrinking) 21.85% 5.73% Compare
WSO.B Watsco, Inc. $16.0B 24.9× — +2.06% (above 0%: growing) −11.50% (below 0%: shrinking) +17.57% (above 0%: growing) 27.50% 11.32% Compare
WSO Watsco, Inc. $12.4B 25.6× 28.8× +2.06% (above 0%: growing) −11.50% (below 0%: shrinking) +17.57% (above 0%: growing) 27.50% 11.32% Compare
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. $12.3B 29.8× 26.7× +10.45% (above 0%: growing) +13.03% (above 0%: growing) +15.02% (above 0%: growing) 30.40% 11.78% Compare
QXO QXO, Inc. $11.6B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +70.30% (above 0%: growing) n/m −27.62% (below 0%: shrinking) 24.74% (1.29%) Compare
CNM Core & Main, Inc. $8.0B 17.3× 19.2× +2.48% (above 0%: growing) +8.45% (above 0%: growing) +83.33% (above 0%: growing) 26.71% 10.58% Compare
Median of peers $14.2B 25.6× 24.5× +7.54% +8.45% +10.15% 27.50% 10.95%

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GWW metrics, ten years each

W.W. Grainger, Inc. (GWW) key facts

  • Concern: Net income was $1.8 billion, or $35.47 per share (basic), a net margin of 9.51%.
  • Strength: W.W. Grainger, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $17.9 billion, up 4.51% from fiscal 2024.
  • W.W. Grainger, Inc. (GWW) is an Industrial Distribution company in the Industrials sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, GWW traded at $1,330.70, a market capitalization of $62.7 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 33.9× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 3.3× sales; its P/E is higher than 97% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • W.W. Grainger, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $9.50 per share, a yield of 0.71%, with a payout ratio of 24.2%.
  • Return on equity was 43.5% and debt-to-equity 0.53.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 6 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 11.75 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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